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ICESat-2 L4 Along-Track Sea Ice Thickness V001

Creator: NSIDC_CPRD
Keywords: Freeboard,Ice Depth/Thickness,Snow Depth

IS2SITDAT4

Version

001

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5067/JTI5YG3S6VAJ

Citation

Center/Project

National Snow and Ice Data Center DAAC (NSIDC DAAC)

Data at a Glance

Data Format

netCDF-4

Spatial Extent

N: 88 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

Location

ARCTIC OCEAN

Temporal Extent

2018-10-14 to 2022-05-01

Temporal Resolution

91 Day

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

ORBIT

Description

This data set reports daily, along-track winter sea ice thickness across the Arctic Ocean. Sea ice thickness is estimated using ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Sea Ice Freeboard (ATL10), Version 5 data and NASA Eulerian Snow On Sea Ice Model (NESOSIM) snow loading.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms

ICESat-2 ,

Models

Instruments

ATLAS ,

NOT APPLICABLE

Spatial Extent

N: 88 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Reference System(s)

NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North (EPSG:3411)

Location

ARCTIC OCEAN

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

ORBIT

Temporal Extent

2018-10-14 to 2022-05-01

Temporal Resolution

91 Day

Concept ID

C3263544354-NSIDC_CPRD

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

39057

Processing Level

Published

2022-04-26

Science Keywords

Freeboard ,

Ice Depth/Thickness ,

Snow Depth

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Petty, A., Kurtz, N., Kwok, R., Markus, T., & Neumann, T. (2022). ICESat-2 L4 Along-Track Sea Ice Thickness, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/JTI5YG3S6VAJ Date Accessed: 2026-08-01

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ICESat-2 L4 Along-Track Sea Ice Thickness, Version 1 User Guide

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Publications Citing This Dataset

Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic
Initial assessment of all-season Arctic sea ice thickness from ICESat-2	2025	Petty, Alek, Cabaj, Alex, Landy, Jack C.	Freeboard, Ice Depth/Thickness, Snow Depth, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Ice Depth/Thickness
Effects of Increasing the Category Resolution of the Sea Ice Thickness Distribution in a Coupled Climate Model on Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Mean State	2022	Smith, Madison M., Holland, Marika M., Petty, Alek A., Light, Bonnie, Bailey, David A.	Freeboard, Ice Depth/Thickness, Snow Depth
Winter Arctic sea ice thickness from ICESat2 freeboards	2020	Petty, Alek A., Kurtz, Nathan T., Kwok, Ron, Markus, Thorsten, Neumann, Thomas A.	Freeboard, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Roughness, Sea Ice Concentration, Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Depth, Sea Ice Elevation, Terrain Elevation